Relationship Between Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Neurotrophin-3 Levels and Hearing Thresholds in Patients With Age-Related Hearing Loss.
Diler Us AltayHakan KorkmazMukadder KorkmazTevfik NoyanPublished in: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR (2024)
Low BDNF levels in the ARHL group suggest that BDNF may play a role in the pathogenesis of ARHL. Patients with low (ARHL1) and high (ARHL2) word recognition scores were compared for the first time in the literature in terms of BDNF and NT-3 levels. However, the results were not statistically significant. This article is a preliminary study and was written to provide guidance for our next comprehensive project.